Competition deadlines
AI film competitions closing in November 2026
Twelve AI film competitions on our list have their final deadline in November 2026. The first to close is Picsart x Seedance: Nightmare Challenge on 1 Nov; the last is AI Film Festival Africa (AIFFA) 2026 on 30 Nov. Two are online calls; the others are based in Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, Asia (China and Hong Kong), London, the Middle East and Africa. Four list free entry. Nine end in a screening or ceremony with a published date.
How this page is made: it is built from our checked competitions list, the same one behind Competitions. Each row below was read on the organiser's own page; the latest check for this month was .
The date on each row is the final deadline the organiser publishes, the last day you can enter. Many calls have cheaper early tiers that close weeks before, and organisers set the cut-off in their own time zone, so a midnight deadline in Los Angeles is the next morning in London. Read the rules on the organiser's page before you pay a fee.
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Closes · Closed, event to come
Picsart x Seedance: Nightmare Challenge
Core visuals must be generated with a Seedance model (Seedance 2.0, 2.0 Fast, 2.0 Mini or 2.5); entries are submitted through Picsart Challenges. A Halloween-themed video, up to three entries each. Ten US$2,500 prizes: five jury picks and five public-vote picks. Free to enter; closes 1 Nov, 15:00 UTC. Not open in Italy, Brazil or Quebec.
Event: Online · judging and public vote 1-4 Nov 2026; winners announced 4 Nov · Online · Checked
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Closes · Open
AI Music Video Wave 2026 (JACC)
Japan AI Creative Contest, run by JACIO, for music videos made with generative AI, up to 3 minutes. Entries are posted on X as a quote repost of the official call with #AIMUSICVIDEOWAVE2026. ¥400,000 across 13 prizes, including a ¥150,000 grand prix. Open to over-18s; closes 3 Nov, 23:59 Japan time.
Event: Online via X · results planned for 19 Nov 2026 · Asia-Pacific · Checked
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Closes · Open
New York AI Indie Awards
Independent AI film awards with an event in New York. Deadline 3 Nov 2026; entry US$10.
Event: Freed Spaces, 1030 6th Ave, New York · 15 Nov 2026, 4pm to 6pm · North America · Checked
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Closes · Open
I'Mpossible Film Festival: The Unfilmable Edition
First edition of a festival for human-led AI cinema: stories that are hard or impossible to film, from memory and exile to censorship. Six categories, including AI Short Film (3 to 15 minutes) and AI Microfilm (60 to 100 seconds). Fee waivers can be requested. Run by London-based Nima Media.
Event: Official selections 24 Nov · winners announced 12 Dec 2026 · Online · Checked
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Closes · Open
World AI Cinema Festival: Remember the Future
Monthly AI film rounds from the World Film Festival in Cannes. The current round closes 8 Nov 2026 (late deadline) and its results are dated 29 Nov; a new round opens each month until 30 Jul 2027, and monthly winners go forward to the annual Grand Prix in Oct 2027.
Event: Cannes · monthly round results 29 Nov 2026; annual awards Oct 2027 · Europe · Checked
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Closes · Open
HIIFF AI Film Season (8th Hainan Island International Film Festival)
The AI strand of the Hainan Island International Film Festival, themed Beyond Generation. Four sections: AI features (40 minutes or more, 60-plus encouraged), AI series (at least three episodes of 3 to 20 minutes), AI shorts (1 to 40 minutes) and experimental work, which can be interactive or generated in real time. Ten Selection of the Year honours share RMB 100,000, RMB 10,000 each before tax, and selected films screen in Sanya. No entry fee is stated. Entry is only through LibTV, the festival's Chinese-language partner platform, and we haven't confirmed that UK entrants can register there. Selections are due in mid November.
Event: Sanya, Hainan · AI Film Gala at the festival, early Dec 2026 · Asia (China and Hong Kong) · Checked
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Closes · Open
WAIFF London
UK edition of the World AI Film Festival; five winners go forward to WAIFF Cannes 2027. Open to UK-based creators aged 13 and over, in seven categories. Late deadline 23 Oct, super-late deadline 17 Nov.
Event: Bloomsbury, 24 Nov 2026 · London · Checked
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Closes · Open
Cine Prague: AI Short Film Edition
AI shorts of up to 5 minutes, with afternoon screenings at Kino Atlas and the finale and awards at Kino Edison Filmhub. The organiser lists a late deadline of 28 Oct (US$19) and an extended deadline of 18 Nov (US$50); notifications 28 Nov.
Event: Kino Atlas and Kino Edison Filmhub, Prague · 1 Dec 2026 · Europe · Checked
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Closes · Open
1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2027
An original 5 to 7 minute film on one of five themes, with at least 70% generated in Seedance. Free to enter, open worldwide to over-18s; one US$1m grand prize.
Event: Top 5 premiere and US$1m winner at the 1 Billion Followers Summit, Dubai, 8-10 Jan 2027 · Middle East · Checked
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Closes · Open
Cue Xmas '26 (Cue Film Fest)
Christmas AI short films and AI music videos of 2 to 6 minutes, with multiple intentional shots and a human-shaped final edit. Free to enter; deadline 20 Nov, 11:59pm ET. Four awards, with Best Film as the grand prize, presented at a live ceremony also broadcast on cable and streaming.
Event: Afrotainers Theater, Orlando, and online · 12 Dec 2026 · North America · Checked
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Closes · Open
Melbourne AI Film Festival (MAIFF) 2026
A first-edition festival for films that use AI as a creative tool; live action, animation and archive footage can sit alongside AI-generated material. Narrative, documentary and animation awards each run in an Australian and an international category. The regular deadline is 8 Nov and the late deadline 29 Nov; entries go through FilmFreeway.
Event: Melbourne · first edition 12 Dec 2026 · Asia-Pacific · Checked
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Closes · Open
AI Film Festival Africa (AIFFA) 2026
Films of up to 15 minutes on the theme Africa 2063: Imagine a Future Worth Building. You don't need to live in Africa, but the film has to be about Africa, its people or where it could be heading. Any genre and any AI tools, and hybrid work is fine as long as AI drives it. Free to enter; the awards are Best AI Film, the Africa 2063 Award and Audience Choice, with no prize amounts published. Worth knowing: the organiser, LeCinema, is US-based (its terms are under US law), and entering means posting your film publicly on YouTube with their #SpecialForLeCinema hashtag and an @lecinemafilms tag, then sending the link through their form. English dialogue or English subtitles. Closes 23:59 Antananarivo time.
Event: Antananarivo, Madagascar · screening and awards 16 Jan 2027, venue to be announced · Africa · Checked
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